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25 December 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
A Nation Forged In Blood morePlot:
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Revolution: A movie Worth Revisiting moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Al Pacino | ... | Tom Dobb | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Sgt. Maj. Peasy | |
| Nastassja Kinski | ... | Daisy McConnahay | |
| Joan Plowright | ... | Mrs. McConnahay | |
| Dave King | ... | Mr. McConnahay | |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | Sgt. Jones | |
| John Wells | ... | Corty | |
| Annie Lennox | ... | Liberty Woman | |
| Dexter Fletcher | ... | Ned Dobb | |
| Sid Owen | ... | Young Ned | |
| Richard O'Brien | ... | Lord Hampton | |
| Paul Brooke | ... | Lord Darling | |
| Eric Milota | ... | Merle | |
| Felicity Dean | ... | Betsy | |
| Jo Anna Lee | ... | Amy |
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Rated PG-13 for war violence and related images. (2009 version)Parents Guide:
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126 minLanguage:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:16 | USA:PG-13 (2009 version) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PGFun Stuff
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An incomparable historical epic about the American Revolutionary War, Revolution brings Al Pacino to the fore as Dobbs the trapper swept up in the Continental Army and Kinski as Daisy the rebellious daughter of a cynically duplicit Tory merchant family.
Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, Al Pacino plays Tom Dobbs a man swept up in Revolutionary upheaval fighting alongside his son. After the battle of Brooklyn, Dobbs like most of the patriotic army melts away, but enduring life in British occupied New York City proves too much. Dobbs and his son escape conscription into the enemy army by fleeing to American lines. They're out to teach a murderous redcoat (Donald Sutherland) a lesson.
Daisy plays the part the Red Coats complained of and dreaded: nurse at Brooklyn, spy in Philadelphia and occasionally an irregular soldier with a loaded pistol for an unsuspecting enemy.
The historical choreography was outstanding. Attention to detail is remarkable particularly in the period music. The uniforms and costuming are magnificent. If Donald Sutherland plays an iron-willed, British Sergeant-Major, a realistically fiercesome antagonist, the movie catches the principal grievances between the opposing forces. The deposing of the last Royal Governor and battle of Brooklyn are imaginatively and accurately staged. This is no small feat. Only one block of the original Hanseatic city is left in New York City and the entire battlefield of Brooklyn and Long Island lay under the nation's fourth largest city. And perhaps `The World Didn't Turn Upside Down' when Lord Cornwallis wept in his tent and General O'Hara's Second Guards surrendered to the tune of Minstrel Boy.
A Classic That Warrants A Second Look Revolution, the movie, was not well received in its time. Lost in the wilderness of the post-Vietnam malaise of anti-heroism, critics pinged Al Pacino's inescapable accent. How do you suppose men from the Hudson River Valley in 1775 spoke when English and Dutch were still interchangeable? Some reviewers did not like the battle scenes. The patriotic gore wasn't enough? Some didn't think the snow was deep enough at Valley Forge. Even in the North East's snowiest winters, it doesn't snow every day.
In consequence of the time in which the movie played to, the film was a box office disaster grossing less than $200,000. There maybe a time when motion pictures like books win a status long after release they did not enjoy immediately. Hopefully that time will come for Revolution a movie well worth revisiting.